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America’s Electric Grid Has A Vulnerable Back Door—And Russia Walked Through It (#GotBitcoin)
A reconstruction of the worst known hack into the nation’s power system reveals attacks on hundreds of small contractors. America’s Electric Grid Has A Vulnerable Back Door—And Russia Walked Through It (#GotBitcoin) One morning in March 2017, Mike Vitello’s work phone lighted up. Customers wanted to know about an odd…
Black Wall Street: America’s Dirty Little Secrets (#GotBitcoin)
When Tulsa’s Black Wall Street Went Up In Flames, So Did Potential Inheritance. Black Wall Street: America’s Dirty Little Secrets (#GotBitcoin) Destruction of hundreds of businesses in 1921 massacre had reverberations on family wealth for generations. “Destroyed 1921, Not Reopened.” That is how dozens of plaques commemorate the Black-owned businesses…
Florida Pardons 4 Black Men (The Groveland Four) Accused of 1949 Rape, America’s Dirty Little Secrets (#GotBitcoin?)
Posthumous pardons are latest chapter in a case that is now seen as a racial injustice. Florida Pardons 4 Black Men (The Groveland Four) Accused of 1949 Rape, America’s Dirty Little Secrets Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the independently elected cabinet granted posthumous pardons to four African-American men accused of raping…
BlackRock, State Street Corp. And AllianceBernstein Holding LP Cutting Jobs In Anticipation of Recession (#GotBitcoin?)
BlackRock Inc. is cutting about 500 jobs as the world’s largest money manager looks to simplify parts of its business and focus more on areas such as technology, retirement and alternative investments. BlackRock, State Street Corp. And AllianceBernstein Holding LP Cutting Jobs In Anticipation of Recession (#GotBitcoin?) Money manager will…
American Express Suspends A Director In Foreign-Exchange Pricing Scam (#GotBitcoin?)
American Express Co. suspended a director in its foreign-exchange department as part of its ongoing investigation into pricing practices in the division, according to people familiar with the matter. American Express Suspends A Director In Foreign-Exchange Pricing Scam Employees were informed that Taylor Simonin was suspended last month. Foreign-exchange employees were…
An Online Tool To Catch Workplace Sexual Predators (#GotBitcoin?)
The nonprofit Callisto is bringing its digital reporting platform to the office. The goal: to identify repeat #MeToo offenders and protect their accusers. An Online Tool To Catch Workplace Sexual Predators Women have long used word of mouth to warn each other about sexual predators, recognizing that offenders often target…
Computer Models To Investors: Short Everything! (#GotBitcoin?)
[caption id="attachment_7496" align="aligncenter" width="730"] A Computer Terminal In AlphaSimplex Group In Cambridge, Mass., Which Found That Funds Using Trend-Following Strategies Are Betting Against Most Asset Classes.[/caption] Trend-following algorithms turn bearish at swiftest pace since 2008 as machines steer more trades. Computer Models To Investors: Short Everything! Investors have started to…
Yellow Vests Initiate French Bank Run (#GotBitcoin?)
Reports are emerging that the anti-Emmanuel Macron protesters in France, known in English as the Yellow Vests, are planning to stage a bank run this weekend. Yellow Vests Initiate French Bank Run (#GotBitcoin?) Although the changes of such an initiative bringing the government to its knees, as the demonstrators hope, are slim,…
Blood Pressure, Baby’s Pulse, Sperm Potency: Home Health Devices Are Tracking More Than Ever (#GotBitcoin?)
[caption id="attachment_7450" align="aligncenter" width="723"] Workers Prepare Displays In The Lobby Of The Las Vegas Convention Center Ahead Of This Week’s CES.[/caption] Wearables and other inexpensive products and services can now extract detailed information about our bodies—so how will their makers handle all that data? Blood Pressure, Baby’s Pulse, Sperm Potency: Home…
The $9 Billion “Overestimate”: How Insurers Kept Extra Cash From Medicare (#GotBitcoin)
CVS, UnitedHealth, Humana and other health insurers’ bids to manage Part D prescription-drug plans for seniors have been consistently off in ways that benefit the companies at the expense of taxpayers. The $9 Billion "Overestimate": How Insurers Kept Extra Cash From Medicare (#GotBitcoin) A Customer At A Pharmacy In Hurricane,…
Declaring A National Emergency Could Give Trump Authority To Shutdown Your Bank Account (#GotBitcoin?)
For Instance, The President Can, With The Flick Of His Pen, Activate Laws Allowing Him To Shut Down Many Kinds Of Electronic Communications Inside The United States Or Freeze Americans’ Bank Accounts. For some time now President Trump has been publicly and privately mulling the idea of using a national emergency…
Fracking’s Secret Problem—Oil Wells Aren’t Producing As Much
The Wells Of Some Producers In The Permian Basin Appear To Lag Behind Forecasts. Data analysis reveals thousands of locations are yielding less than their owners projected to investors; ‘illusory picture’ of prospects. Fracking’s Secret Problem—Oil Wells Aren’t Producing As Much As Forecast Thousands of shale wells drilled in the last…